Principal A message from the

Dear Old Birkfeldian

I write at the end of another lovely and very successful Summer Term on campus for students, parents and staff. It would be remiss not to start with our U18 female football treble – Suffolk County winners, England Independent School winners, All England School football winners. We are enormously proud of the players, their coaches and this significant leap forward for girls’ sport at the College.

As you will all recall, this term brings much academic toil in the form of public examinations and also a raft of events, including our Arts Festival, prize givings, and end of term discos, proms and the beautiful Sixth Form ball. It was my pleasure to catch up over coffee recently with fellow teacher, Mr Matthew Berry OB and hear about life in an Irish independent school, Kilkenny College. He also shared fond memories of life as a student and former member of staff at St Jo’s. Matt attended St Jo’s from 1982 to ‘89 and then returned to teach here from 1997-1999. As ever, please do get in touch and share your news with us – if you want to catch up on campus please contact the College through

(OBS@stjos.co.uk and admin@stjos.co.uk) or keep up with us on our social media feeds;

Facebook: /stjosephscollegeipswich

Instagram: @st_josephs_college_ipswich

Twitter: @mystjos

St Joseph’s College Sport: @mystjossport

Old Birkfeldians

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I very much look forward to seeing you and your families on campus at our 37th annual Rugby Festival, which this year also coincides spectacularly with the Rugby World Cup over the weekend of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October, with the OB game on the preceding Friday.

Wishing you all a fabulous summer wherever you are.

Danielle Clarke Principal